In his speech, Olson said, "People who have made narcissism life's highest virtue will have their most anguished love affair with their portfolio. They are people devoid of passion and moral outrage; people who chatter instead of talk and are fond of words like 'unbelievable' and manage to use it six times in a sentence.

"Instead of thinking, they recite opinions gathered from popular magazines. These people are candidates for 'lifestyles of the rich and boring.' They've confused life with lifestyle. They merit our sympathy.

"A truly rich life can never exist as an island of self advancement in a sea of suffering," Olson said. "Where oppression exists, everyone is impoverished. The immediate victims suffer materially; those complicit in oppression suffer the poverty of the human spirit. I wonder whether such people are even aware of experiencing love for or from others."

Skiko said, "Many technological advances of recent years have made information more accessible and made it easier to communicate to the benefit of mankind; but none would be possible without the human factor. We are that factor and will have opportunities to add input.

"We must abide by society's rules by following standards of excellence we set for ourselves. We must go forward with the 'right stuff,' with determination and guts to do what we feel is right; with confidence, standards, values and ability to make proper judgments," he said.

Dr. Frederic W. Ness, president emeritus of the Association of American Colleges and senior consultant for Presidential Search Consultation Service, Washington, D.C., received an honorary doctor of laws degree.

Ness, a college trustee 1976-84, is president emeritus of California State University at Fresno and has served in faculty and administrative capacities in Hofstra, Long Island, Cincinnati, New York and Yale universities and Dickinson College.

Dr. Mary Faith Carson, chairwoman of the department of religion, was faculty marshal, assisted by Dr. Robert T. Burcaw, chairman of the department of English, who was marshal of students.

Baccalaureate services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday in Central Moravian Church with the Reverend Willard R. Harstine officiating. Dr. William P. Barker, head of pastoral staff of First Presbyterian Church, Allentown, was the speaker.

William J. DeNofa III and Sheri L. Smith, both of Bethlehem; Martin W. Frankenfield Jr. and Gregory J. Tavalsky, both of Easton; Louise A. Haas of Allentown; Richard P. Hughes Jr. of East Bangor, and Jeffrey S. Rogers of Whitehall.

Area prize winners were:

Rinker, the Charles A. Albrecht Memorial Award for best demonstration of scholarship and participation in student activities; Steltz, Biology Club Award; Kevin P. LeDonne, Bangor, the Ronald J. Stupak Award for distinguished work in political science, and Marilyn G. McClung, Bethlehem, the George Tyler Award for the graduate in the division of continuing studies demonstrating academic excellence and contribution to the college and for overcoming difficult circumstances in pursuing a degree.

Area graduates who received honors for participation in a senior-year research project in their academic discipline were:

Evan Y. Haruta and Nancy A. Meixell, mathematics; Jane K. Smollinger and Steltz, biology, all of Bethlehem; Harris C. Hoke Jr., physics, and Jeffrey S. Rogers, biology, both of Whitehall; Rinker, biology, and Schulte, computer science, both of Easton, and Michael E. Trapp of Bethlehem, who will graduate in December, in economics.

Students in the Call-Chronicle circulation area receiving bachelor degrees were: